Fiona Gardner is an artist and photographer based in New York. She received a BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, studied at the New England School of Photography, and graduated with an MFA in photography from Columbia in 2004. Her work focuses on women and performance in constructed environments. She has exhibited in group shows in New York and internationally.
– fionagardner[at]gmail.com
Note: I am actively seeking former Miss Subways to photograph for a forthcoming book. Please contact me if you know anyone who might be interested.
RECENT PUBLICATION
– "Miss Subways" portfolio in the New York Times City Section
– The Art of Buying Art: An Insider's guide to Collecting Contemporary Art by Page West
EDUCATION
2002–2004
Columbia University, New York, NY
MFA in Photography; recipient of the Agnes Martin Award for Outstanding Work in the Graduate Arts Program
1999–2001
New England School of Photography, Boston MA
Course work in color photography and printing
1995–1999
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BFA in Painting, cum laude
1998–1999
Semester abroad program at Nottingham Trent University, England; course work in large-format photography, painting, and contemporary European Art
1998
Winter Session Program in Rome; course work in art history and history of Rome
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2009
The Fountainhead Residency Artist Fellowship
The Atlantic Center for the Arts Artist Fellowship with Rineke Dijkstra
2003
Agnes Martin Award for Outstanding Work in the Graduate Arts Program, Columbia University
2003
Vermont Studio Center Artist Fellowship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
– Meet Miss Subways, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
– Meet Miss Subways, The City Reliquary, Brooklyn NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
– En Plein Air RELOADED, Black & White Gallery, New York, NY
2006
– Young American Artists of Today, Bergen County Museum of Art, NJ
2005
– Young American Artists of Today, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
– Scope New York Art Fair (Black and White Gallery)
2004
– Buy It Now, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
– Scope Miami Art Fair, represented by Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
– Homemade World, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
– White Space, W Hotels, San Francisco, Chicago, New York (includes work by Adam Fuss, Jack Pierson, and Cindy Sherman)
– Unframed First Look, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY (Jurors: Adam Fuss, Jack Pierson, Cindy Sherman)
– Columbia MFA Thesis Show, Columbia University, New York, NY
2003
– Lordship and Bondage, The Nieman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
– One Enemy versus 25 millions of friends, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany
– Faking The Real, The Nieman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002
– Snap, Emanuel College Gallery, Boston, MA
– National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ (Juror: Maria-Christina Villasenor, curator, Guggenheim Museum)
– CAA Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
– Re-figured, South Shore Art Center, Boston, MA
2001
– Bare, Harbor Gallery, Boston, MA
– The Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
– Between Lines, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA
– Circle, Cycle, Delta, Zymix Gallery, Boston, MA